Director Cost Management - Semiconductor Construction

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Director, Cost Management to lead and develop a team of Cost Managers while overseeing the delivery of cost management services for a major semiconductor manufacturing construction program. This individual will be responsible for ensuring service excellence, providing strategic leadership across large and complex capital projects, and driving high-quality commercial outcomes for both clients and Turner & Townsend.

The successful candidate will serve as a senior client-facing leader, overseeing cost management delivery across multiple project scopes and workstreams while fostering team development, operational excellence, and business growth. This role requires a driven leader with exceptional interpersonal skills, deep construction expertise, and experience supporting highly technical, fast-paced construction environments.


Responsibilities:

• Strong leadership skills, experience leading a cost management team, ensuring they deliver on all accountabilities.
• Lead communications with the client and provide executive oversight of cost management service delivery.
• Act as a senior commercial advisor on large-scale construction programs, providing strategic guidance on cost, risk, procurement, reporting, and commercial management.
• Lead research related to construction market conditions, including analysis of official published data.
• Produce thought leadership reports providing valuable insights to the construction market.
• Lead the strategic and operational management of Cost Management Services, including resource planning, financial management, business generation, staff development, and service delivery.
• Oversee cost planning, estimating, benchmarking, change management, contractor negotiations, and commercial reporting across multiple project teams.
• Support program-level budgeting, forecasting, contingency management, capital planning, and cost performance reporting.
• Ensure consistency in cost management methodologies, reporting standards, controls, and commercial governance processes.
• Set a clear strategy and ambition with the team in line with our Business Plan.
• Grow and develop exceptional people, promoting a culture of learning, respect, and inclusivity.
• Knowledge Management: Ensure that key information and lessons learned generated from each commission are captured, shared, and incorporated into best practices.
• Process Improvement: Identify and act upon opportunities to improve internal systems, reporting tools, service delivery, and operational processes.
• Quality Control: Ensure compliance with quality standards and participation in ISO audits.
• Develop priority plans including risk mitigation through internal tools, performance measurements, KPIs, management controls, and critical success factors aligned with company goals.
• Undertake internal BMS audits and coordinate and represent the office for external audits undertaken by certification authorities.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the market, act as a brand ambassador, and create a pipeline of opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
• Identify and act upon cross-selling opportunities.
• Participate in meetings with senior leadership, directors, and staff and prepare and deliver executive presentations.
• Financial Management: Using internal software, track ongoing revenue, margin levels, monthly fees, resource utilization, and commission performance.
• Lead the preparation of proposals, pursuits, and RFP responses for new clients and projects.
• Attend relevant networking events and other business development opportunities.
• Support the training and mentorship of current staff and promote career development across the team.
• Proactively partner with talent acquisition teams to attract top talent, manage resource requirements, and plan for future staffing needs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, project stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and internal business leaders.
• Be a role model that drives a one-business culture that achieves great outcomes by striking the right balance for our people, clients, stakeholders, and society.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role and are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Cost Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a related construction field.
• Graduate degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in cost management, quantity surveying, commercial management, or construction consultancy.
• Prior experience leading high-performing cost management teams within a consulting, owner's representative, or program management environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing successful cost management service delivery on large, complex capital construction programs.
• Experience supporting semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, industrial, mission critical, pharmaceutical, life sciences, cleanroom, or other technically sophisticated construction projects is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to oversee large-scale cost planning, estimating, forecasting, contractor negotiations, change management, and commercial governance processes.
• Experience managing senior client relationships and serving as an executive-level advisor on commercial and project delivery matters.
• Strong understanding of procurement strategies, contract administration, value engineering, value management, and cost controls.
• Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Proven business development acumen with a demonstrated ability to grow client accounts, win new work, and expand service offerings.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across complex project and program environments.
• Demonstrates excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively within large-scale, fast-paced, technically complex construction environments.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

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